Level 31: Dwarven Mountain Lair at Nordri

Summary: Destroy Machinery and Platform Jump
Level Time: 18 minutes

Go toward the far end of the hall and walk over the recessed design on the left between two doors. The doors will open and several GOBLINS will attack from behind. Kill the GOBLINS, go through the doors and get the two RUNE OF LESSER POWERS and MEAD. Continue to the end of the hall, through the door ahead on the left side, and out to the balcony and gong. Kill GOBLIN, ring the gong, wait for the bridge to come across, then run forward and jump onto the end of the bridge. Cross, go left and into the chute with a rope hanging down from it. Climb the rope, jump to the second rope, climb again, and jump to the floor ahead. Move forward, kill GOBLIN, enter passage on right and move forward to ledge on right with two switches. Press the switches to release the GOBLINS below; they will attack the DWARVES below. When they’ve killed each other jump down and finish off what’s left, then enter the open door beneath the ledge you jumped from into a room with MEAD. Kill the DWARF, press the switch on the left to open the door at the far end of the room, and re-enter the room.

Go to the far end of the room, get the RUNE OF BLOODLUST, and go through the open door. Some debris will fall on your left, blocking the passage. Ignore this and move straight ahead, smash the wooden barriers, and crouch into the alcove to get the RUNE OF LESSER POWER. Then go to the debris that fell when you entered, smash through it, and continue forward and down. Kill the two DWARVES, and go through the archway into a room with GIANT CRABS, CRABS, MEAD, and LEG OF MEAT. Kill the creatures, then go to the end of the room and approach the metal dome. The dome opens and a DWARF MECH comes out. Select the DWARVEN WORK HAMMER and smash the DWARF MECH, then eat to replenish your strength and exit through the door on the left side of the room, triggering a cinematic of two DWARVES beating up some GOBLINS.

Push the switch on the left and go through the door, and smash all of the statues. Step on the two statue platforms to trigger cinematic of DWARVES rising from the water. Kill these DWARVES and any GOBLINS, then select the ROMAN SWORD and jump through the opening at the end of the room down to the ground. Kill MEAN PLANTS as needed, then smash the wall of the tower to your right, go through, pick up the RUNE OF LESSER POWER, and smash the CRABS. Jump up to the next ledge, press the two switches, pick up any weapons or MEAD you need, and jump back down. Exit the tower and ride the elevator up to the top, killing any DWARVES. NOTE: If the elevator is not at ground level and not moving, you need to kill the MEAN PLANT next to the elevator and jump from the pile of rocks along the wall behind the mean plant, up to the platform. Then press the switch there to start the elevator moving.

Jump from the elevator to the platform above, triggering an earthquake and falling debris. Move forward and down the hall to your left. Press the switch at the end of the hall to lower a platform and gong on your right, kill the DWARVES that attack from behind, jump down to the ledge, and throw the RUSTY MACE at the gong to cause a bridge to appear. Climb back up and go to the inside wall to pick up a LIZARD and any weapons you need. Go back to the switch, drop down to the again, and cross the bridge to a room with a LEG OF MEAT and MEAD. Smash the DEFENSE DRONES and GOBLINS, go down the hallway to your left, to the end, and around, smashing DEFENSE DRONES and GOBLINS until you reach an opening on the right.

Jump across to the ledge, go forward and to the left, smashing DEFENSE DRONES. Take the hall to the left, around to the right, smashing more DEFENSE DRONES, to a ledge in front of a big machine. Drop down and walk around the machine, killing all of the GOBLINS on the treadmills and killing the DWARF. When the machine stops rotating, move to the rope at the center of the machine, climb the rope, jump to the machine, climb the machine, jump to the ledge, and up to the ceiling beams. Cross the ceiling beam, picking up the RUNE OF LESSER POWER, then jump to the ledge ahead, and look to the opening on the right. Wait for the flames to die down, then jump to the opening and down into the pipe. Move to the right to avoid the flames, then turn right and continue to the end of the pipe, smashing DEFENSE DRONES and killing GOBLINS as needed.

Jump down and forward to the platform. Turn right, and jump from platform to platform, killing GOBLINS as needed. Eventually you’ll come to a wide jump slightly to the right, and you’ll be able to see a a larger platform with a DWARF on it. Do a Quick Save before attempting this jump. Then move to the extreme right corner of the platform, and face the same corner of the opposite platform. Back up a step, then run forward and jump toward the opposite corner. If timed right, you’ll grab the ledge and climb up onto the platform. Now look to the larger platform ahead and to the right. Only the parts of that platform that are attached to pillars from the ceiling are stable; the others fall away if you land on them. Jump forward and to the right toward the pillar, then to the left toward successive pillars, killing GOBLINS as needed. Jump up into the pipe on your left, go through, and jump down the smaller pipe to end the level.

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